Cashew chicken isn’t a recipe that you can only get with Chinese takeout. And this version is for your freezer!
Keep a few Chinese dishes in your freezer with this cashew chicken, so you can serve an entire Chinese theme dinner.
Chinese Cashew Chicken Freezer Recipe
Equipment
- freezer
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts cut in 1" pieces
- Small amount of oil
- 2/3 cup cashews
- 6 mushrooms thinly sliced
- 2 oz can bamboo shoots drained and sliced
- 4 oz frozen peas
- 5/8 cup water
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp cornstarch dissolved in 2 tbsp water
- Chicken marinade:
- 1 tsp medium dry sherry OR apple juice
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp oil
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp cornstarch
On serving day
- cashews topping
Instructions
- Combine ingredients for marinade, add chicken and marinade for ten minutes.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in skillet . Add cashews and fry until golden brown. Drain and set aside.
- Add the mushrooms to the pan and fry for 1 minute, stirring. Remove them from the pan and set aside. Add the bamboo shoots to the pan with another 2 tsp of oil and fry for one minute and set aside with the mushrooms.
- Next, add chicken to the pan with 1 tbsp of oil and fry for 2 minutes, stirring until chicken is cooked through. Return mushrooms and bamboo shoots to the pan with chicken. Add peas and water. Simmer for two minutes. Add sugar and cornstarch mixture and simmer until thickened.
- Cool, place in freezer container and freeze.
On serving day
- To cook, thaw overnight in refrigerator. Add Cashew Chicken to saucepan with 2 tbsp water,, cooking over medium low until heated through. Simmer for ten minutes and serve, topping with cashew nuts.
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